Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
1796
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Pierre Van Cortlandt, Jr. is a 1796 ink by Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This painting shows a portrait of Pierre Van Cortlandt, Jr. He's dressed formally, with a gentle expression. The artist used a lot of detail to create this small portrait, which is interesting because it was made using a mezzotint and engraving process, a technique that requires careful planning and execution to achieve the desired result. The portrait is very small, measuring only 5.56 × 5.56 cm, which makes the detail even more impressive. The artist had to be very precise to get everything just right in such a small space. You can learn more about this technique by looking into the work of artist: Saint-Mémin, Charles B. J. Févret de.
Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin (French pronunciation: ; 1770–1852) was a French portrait painter and museum director.
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